Cash-check.



No. 737,049. PAT-EN'IED AUG. 25, 1903.

' F. J. WALKER.

CASH CHECK. urmoumn FILED JULY 1. 1902.

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' PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK J. WALKER, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

CASH-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,049, dated August25, 1903.

Application filed my 7, 1902. Serial No. 114,672. (No model-l To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK J. WALKER, of Savannah, in the county ofOhatham and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cash-Checks; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and'usethe same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incash-checks," being designed more particularly for use in mercantileestablishments and the like where the salesman or clerk is not permittedto receive or handle the cash, but in lieu thereof hands a check to thepurchaser indicating the amount to be paid the cashier.

In carrying out my invention I provide a ticket having a series of tabsor ears around its edge, the body of said ticket being scored orperforated at the base of each of said tabs or .ears, whereby the lattermay be readily detached. Each tab or car has printed thereon a figure ornumber indicating certain denominations of currency, said numberscorresponding with a series of numbers printed on said ticket insidesaid scored or perforated line in spaces coincident with said tabs. Inpractice the amount of the purchase is indicated by tearing off the tabsbearing the numbers aggregating the total of the desired amount. z

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of my improvedcash-check. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a slight modification. Fig. 3 isa detail view.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates acard or ticket provided with aseries of circumferential tabs 11, separated from each other byradialslits 12. Said card or ticket is scored or perforated along the line 13,whereby said tabs or cars may be readily detached from the body portionof said ticket. Spaces 14 are formed on the body of ticket 10 by meansof a printed line 15, parallel with the scored or perforated line 13 andradial lines 16, the latter being, in effect, continuations of theradial slits 12. Each tab is provided with a figure or numberdesignating different denominations of currency, said figures or numbersbeing duplicated in the spaces 14, the number in each spacecorresponding to the number on the adjoining tab. On the body of theticket is printed the-necessary directions, &c., and the figures on thetabs are preferably printed in different-colored ink from the rest ofthe check orticket.

In practice when a purchase has been made the clerk or salesman tearsoff the tabs bear.- ing numbers amounting to or aggregating the amountof the purchase and the check is then handed to the purchaser. Thecashier readily estimates the amount of purchase at a glance or byadding together the figures in the spaces 14. adjoining the points wherethe tabs have been detached. For instance, assuming the 'purchaseto haveamounted to four dollars and ten cents, the tabs on which the $4. and.10 are printed are detached by the clerk or salesman, as illustrated inFig, 3.

The cashier upon examining the check per-' ceives at once what tabs havebeen detached and if more than one accordingly adds the numbers in thespaces 19, thereby ascertaining the amount to be charged.

The advantages of my improved cash-check are at once apparentto thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains.

It will be particularly observed that While I have illustrated anddescribed a circular check or ticket the shape thereof may be varied atwill Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim as my invention 1. A cash-check comprising a central bodyportion, and a series of detachable tabs surrounding the same, said bodyportion having numbered spaces and arranged in juxtapost tion to saidtabs, the latter being also provided with numbers corresponding withthose of said spaces, as set forth.

2. A cash-check comprising a circular ticket having a series ofradially-arranged numbered spaces, and provided with a series ofradiallyarranged detachable tabs in juxtaposition with said spaces andhaving numbers corre sponding to said former numbers, whereby values areindicated by detaching one or more of said tabs, as set forth.

3. A cash-check comprising a ticket having a series of radial tabsseparated from the body portion bya scored orperfoi'ated line andsepspecification in the presence of two subscribarated from each otherby radial slits, a series ing Witnesses. of radial spaces printed onsaid ticket inside FRANK T TAT KFR said perforated line in juxtapositionwith said J J 5 tabs, and corresponding figures printed on said tabs andin said spaces, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this WVitnesses:

SIQ. GARDNER, SAMUEL L. GERST.

